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i'm not a public policy guy, i'm not a washington insider. i'm a restaurant owner from houston, texas. so i can kind of tell you my kind of brief experience -- well, lifelong experience on this, but brief kind of political side of it is back in september of last year, um, every day in our restaurant we have what we call comida in which we break bread with our staff, waiters and waitresses and to our kitchen staff, talk about showing up on time, putting the right amount of food on the table and not wasting. owning a restaurant's kind of like baby sitting, so it's kind of our moment to hit those points. and after that i had my longtime employee who's been with us over ten years, he came to us afterwards and wanted to talk to me about something. but i'd like to kind of tell you about this person before i start. over ten years ago, he came to work for our family's restaurant because his previous employer would not give him off on sunday to go to church with his family. very important part to note. i wasn't the job, it wasn't work conditions, it w
i'm not a public policy guy, i'm not a washington insider. i'm a restaurant owner from houston, texas. so i can kind of tell you my kind of brief experience -- well, lifelong experience on this, but brief kind of political side of it is back in september of last year, um, every day in our restaurant we have what we call comida in which we break bread with our staff, waiters and waitresses and to our kitchen staff, talk about showing up on time, putting the right amount of food on the table and...
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i'm not a public policy die, i am not a washington insider. i am a restaurant owner from houston, texas. i can tell you my lifelong experience on this but the brief political side of it. back in september of last year, every day in the restaurant we break bread with our staff, waiters and waitresses, kitchen staff, it took about showing up on time, putting the right amount of food on the table. running a restaurant is kind of like babysitting so that is our moment to hit those points. after that, my longtime employee who has been with us over 10 years, he came to us wanting to talk about something. over 10 years ago, he came to work for our family's restaurant because his previous employer would not give them off on sunday to go to church with his family. very important part to note. it was not the job, the work conditions, the pay. he wanted to go to church with his family. it turns out he was one of the greatest employees we have ever had. i have worked shoulder to shoulder with him for 10 years. he pulls me aside and says, "brad, i have a q
i'm not a public policy die, i am not a washington insider. i am a restaurant owner from houston, texas. i can tell you my lifelong experience on this but the brief political side of it. back in september of last year, every day in the restaurant we break bread with our staff, waiters and waitresses, kitchen staff, it took about showing up on time, putting the right amount of food on the table. running a restaurant is kind of like babysitting so that is our moment to hit those points. after...
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then just this week we added washington state and then just -- they would do nothing at all. eventually, have a bunch more states jumping on and then the supreme court can say we have a national consensus trend and the rest of you states, you gotta get on board too. >> eliot: do you think most people would appreciate -- it makes it easier for supreme court and at some point makes it imperative for the supreme court to embrace rights that have bubbled up more organically. that's what we saw on election day with state referenda expanding the marriage. >> the ninth amendment talks about rights of the people. the 14th amendment talks about privileges and immunitieses of citizens. from the citizenry from the people at a certain point. new rights. at a certain point the supreme court says yes this has now become part of the national fabric and you other states have to get on board. think about, for example women's rights. there was a time when it was okay for government to discriminate against women and then in the 1970s a whole bunch of state constitutions added state eras as in w
then just this week we added washington state and then just -- they would do nothing at all. eventually, have a bunch more states jumping on and then the supreme court can say we have a national consensus trend and the rest of you states, you gotta get on board too. >> eliot: do you think most people would appreciate -- it makes it easier for supreme court and at some point makes it imperative for the supreme court to embrace rights that have bubbled up more organically. that's what we...
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what is unacceptable is how washington continues to screw over the american class. allen grayson was a former congressman and future congressman. great to have you here. talk to me about the grand bargain, as it's currently structured are you for or against it? >> entirely against it. there is a book called the shock doctrine. this is an article official shock, being introduced to justify policies you could not possibly justify on the merits. the polls clearly show that over three quarters of the population doesn't want any cuts in benefits in social security or cuts from benefits in medicare to reduce the deficit. what they want are cuts in the defense budget and end to the war in afghanistan to reduce the deficit. instead, what had we're seeing is this artificial creation right after we saw a real crisis, we saw a real crisis in hurricane sandy, and that was a real crisis, an artificial crisis is being instituted to steal from us, the middle class and to steal from people in need. >> it's so refreshing to hear a democratic congressman say that. not only do you hav
what is unacceptable is how washington continues to screw over the american class. allen grayson was a former congressman and future congressman. great to have you here. talk to me about the grand bargain, as it's currently structured are you for or against it? >> entirely against it. there is a book called the shock doctrine. this is an article official shock, being introduced to justify policies you could not possibly justify on the merits. the polls clearly show that over three...
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♪ >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. the re-elected president did it today. he said what he's going to do. how he's going to lead. he's going to do it as a world leader entering into negotiations with conditions. those preconditions are clear. a tape back from the bush tax cuts from the top. this is it. it means people know we have a president now who's ready to stand his ground, for jobs, for growth, but not the bush/romney way. no more trickle down now that the people of this country have sent their message from the top up. he will be a democratic president. he will be fair on taxes. he will use those taxes to rebuild this country and educate it up to the tough competition we face in this 21st century. rock solid he is. backed again by a majority of the american people. indeed, re-elected as the only second democrat since the civil war with two majority elections. the other, of course, is fdr. with an updated mandate he is back. some ready to deal, others hiding in their bunkers, waiting for something, anything to save
♪ >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. the re-elected president did it today. he said what he's going to do. how he's going to lead. he's going to do it as a world leader entering into negotiations with conditions. those preconditions are clear. a tape back from the bush tax cuts from the top. this is it. it means people know we have a president now who's ready to stand his ground, for jobs, for growth, but not the bush/romney way. no more...
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>> "inside washington" is brought to you in part by the federal association of employees, proud to make the government work. >> production assistants for "inside washington" provided by albritton communications and "politico." >> we have to pick ourselves up. we have fought our way back. and we know in our hearts that for the united states of america, the best is yet to come. >> this week, the post-election rubio. >> i still wish i had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction. >> and where do we go from here? >> mr. president, we stand ready to work with you. >> the republicans take a look at their game plan. >> i think republicans have done a lousy job of reaching out to people of color. >> an amazing campaign. let me be clear. i did not bill that. you build that. >> also a look at ballot initiatives, including legalizing pot. >> this is the best day of my life. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> it was a long, anxious night for a lot of people in this town and across the nation, but then the networks called ohio and
>> "inside washington" is brought to you in part by the federal association of employees, proud to make the government work. >> production assistants for "inside washington" provided by albritton communications and "politico." >> we have to pick ourselves up. we have fought our way back. and we know in our hearts that for the united states of america, the best is yet to come. >> this week, the post-election rubio. >> i still wish i had...
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and tonight in "the war room," it's good to know that washington has not lost its touch when it comes to a scandal. previously on capitol affair. >> because the american people expect us to we are. >> can grover win him back proving once and for all that he's a serious man. >> the president was committed elected on the basis that he was not romney and romney was a poopy head. >> more intriguing details the spy and the biographer and the lady that the biographer didn't like bengahzi and i think peter king is in there somewhere. like sands through an hour glass, so--what? copyrighted, got it. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: this year a record setting 20 women were elected to the senate overall and there will be more women serving in congress than ever before. it's not just family female leaders who are making their voices heard but the female voters who voteed overwhelmingly for president obama. there was a 20-percent gender gap, the largest gender gap that gallop ever recorded. now that we have located 20 women to congress what do we have to deal with? a very public sex scandal. >
and tonight in "the war room," it's good to know that washington has not lost its touch when it comes to a scandal. previously on capitol affair. >> because the american people expect us to we are. >> can grover win him back proving once and for all that he's a serious man. >> the president was committed elected on the basis that he was not romney and romney was a poopy head. >> more intriguing details the spy and the biographer and the lady that the biographer...
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erskine bowles wrote today in "the washington post" and i quote... but throughout the campaign, president obama insisted that any deal must include tax hikes on the well-to-do. something this campaign senior as viser david axelrod emphasized today. >> he talked about it in debates and speeches. on the need for balanced deficit reduction that included some new revenues and he was re-elected by you know, in a significant way. but if the attitude is that, you know nothing happened on tuesday, that would be unfortunate. >> eliot: that seems to be house speaker john boehner's attitude toward any tax hike at all. take a listen. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable and frankly it couldn't even pass the house. i'm not sure it could pass the senate. so the votes aren't there. what i did yesterday was lay out a reasonable, responsible way forward to avoid the fiscal cliff and that's through putting increased revenues on the table but through reforming our tax code. >> eliot: for more on the perils of the fiscal cliff and the choices before us, i'm joined by ro
erskine bowles wrote today in "the washington post" and i quote... but throughout the campaign, president obama insisted that any deal must include tax hikes on the well-to-do. something this campaign senior as viser david axelrod emphasized today. >> he talked about it in debates and speeches. on the need for balanced deficit reduction that included some new revenues and he was re-elected by you know, in a significant way. but if the attitude is that, you know nothing happened...
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the in washington ask is17 will he reach out more?ome almost this pel lament. you can hear it on any street corner in will the in? will he spend more casual time with members of congres ice. >> i mean mymption, mark maybe this is me just i don't know, spitballing, but he does some -- there is some following his re-election, that he he grand hereerted outreach to republican leadership given how much he w beating states of america, that he knows how much the gridlock is not serving anybody we of howhimself with limited outreach to republicans and democrats. you could say have the baners and mcdonnells up to:< campmn david one weekend soon. it's going to take more sustained contact than just a few symboli and it's not something he's been willing to do up to now and not clear that he's -- he feels he needs to do it. now there'srom chief of staff to treasury secretary. he's a good deal maker and has decent relationships on the hill. he needs either a new chief of staff if jack moves new treasury secretary if it's someone else, a true amb t or vice president can do d
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washington loves to wait until the 11th hour, because that's when the negotiating is done with with a lot of pressure. the 11th hour is where we might be headed. there's some reason for optimism. you heard speaker boehner last week and pay particular attention to what he said. he said that republicans are opposed to any increases in tax rates. what he didn't say was that republicans are opposed to any increases in taxes. what he's talking about is a deal where they lower the top rates, but they broaden out the base of the tax system by eliminating a lot of deductions and other things, special interest loopholes so-called to actually raise the amount of tax revenue that comes into the u.s. government, even though the rates themselves have gone down. listen to boehner talking. as long as he's talking about not raising tax rates, we're on a path to a deal. if he starts talking about not raising taxes, maybe we're off the track. >> all right. we'll look for keywords. thank you very much. i know we'll talk with you probably every day including the 11th hour when this is finally done. >> ha
washington loves to wait until the 11th hour, because that's when the negotiating is done with with a lot of pressure. the 11th hour is where we might be headed. there's some reason for optimism. you heard speaker boehner last week and pay particular attention to what he said. he said that republicans are opposed to any increases in tax rates. what he didn't say was that republicans are opposed to any increases in taxes. what he's talking about is a deal where they lower the top rates, but they...
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does washington concede something? important questions mr. obama will mull over in his second term. >>> now, our fifth story. turning the social tie. for the first time in history, voters voted to legalize same-sex marriage. voters okayed the legalization of marijuana. maybe the president will go along with it. all right. but then these ballot measures. that's the crucial question because colorado was a swing state. we know that. up for grabs. voters there supported the marijuana measure. he also won maryland, washington and maine. not all of those swing states. "outfront" tonight, john avlon, author of, "the victory lab". karl rove was credited with this on the republican side. it will get your guy elected did it work in colorado do you think? >> we do see from the quick look at the exit polls that there was a slightly higher turnout among 18 to 29-year-olds. campaign one issue on election, the top of the ticket drives turnout. you could see there would be people brought to the polls because young voters are interested in pot who might not b
does washington concede something? important questions mr. obama will mull over in his second term. >>> now, our fifth story. turning the social tie. for the first time in history, voters voted to legalize same-sex marriage. voters okayed the legalization of marijuana. maybe the president will go along with it. all right. but then these ballot measures. that's the crucial question because colorado was a swing state. we know that. up for grabs. voters there supported the marijuana...
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does washington concede something? important questions mr. obama will mull over in his second term. >>> now, our fifth story. turning the social tie. for the first time in history, voters voted to legalize same-sex marriage. voters okayed the legalization of marijuana. maybe the president will go along with it. all right. but then these ballot measures. that's the crucial question because colorado was a swing state. we know that. up for grabs. voters there supported the marijuana measure. he also won maryland, washington and maine. not all of those swing states. "outfront" tonight, john ave hon and sasha eisenberg. overall, karl rove credited with this on the republican side. put a ballot measure on that people care about, it will get people to the polls, get your guy elected? >> i don't think there was an organized move to put this on the ballot. slightly higher turnout for 18 to 29-year-olds in colorado than the rest of the country. campaign issues, they ten to assume that presidency at the top of the ticket drives turnout this is the type
does washington concede something? important questions mr. obama will mull over in his second term. >>> now, our fifth story. turning the social tie. for the first time in history, voters voted to legalize same-sex marriage. voters okayed the legalization of marijuana. maybe the president will go along with it. all right. but then these ballot measures. that's the crucial question because colorado was a swing state. we know that. up for grabs. voters there supported the marijuana...
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president obama back in washington. guess what? nobody's wasting any time trying to find a way to avoid the fiscal cliff dive. republican leaders on capitol hill sound like there's some deal making to be had had but will they end up on agreeing to just put it off for a few more months? >>> plus wlab do, what does a b dollars get you these days? it cranked out a ton of tv ads for the super pacs on both sides but was it all worth it in the end? we'll do a little autopsy on that. >>> cookie monster. new details on how the obama campaign's victory was driven by what's proving to be the most intensive online data mining operation in the history of political campaigning. >>> good morning from washington. it's about 1,150 days until the iowa caucuses. i kid. actually, i'm not kidding about the number of days. it's thursday, november 8th. 2012. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. >>> right to my first reads. this is the white house's first full day back to work and there is no rest for the campaign weary. a slew of deadlines are c
president obama back in washington. guess what? nobody's wasting any time trying to find a way to avoid the fiscal cliff dive. republican leaders on capitol hill sound like there's some deal making to be had had but will they end up on agreeing to just put it off for a few more months? >>> plus wlab do, what does a b dollars get you these days? it cranked out a ton of tv ads for the super pacs on both sides but was it all worth it in the end? we'll do a little autopsy on that....
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and i want to offer a "washington post" quote which cites one romney fund-raiser anonymously saying a lot of people feel like christie hurt, that we definitely lost four or five points between the storm and chris christie giving obama a chance to be bigger than life. i know we're talking politics, but what do you think of that criticism? >> i give christie an "a." i'm a democrat and he's a republican. i think he's done an outstanding job in concert with the president of the united states. number two, i don't think it meant more than maybe half a point. i mean they're looking for reasons. man, when you're looking for reasons 25 days, 22 days after the election, you're in big trouble. so you'd better take a look at where you're standing at this particular time. he's done a great job since the storm, and he's done a great job since the -- and that is chris christie, and getting the delegation together, democrats and republicans, so that we're all on the same page. there are some people within the delegation who don't believe we have the money to spend on these emergencies. >> yeah. >> an
and i want to offer a "washington post" quote which cites one romney fund-raiser anonymously saying a lot of people feel like christie hurt, that we definitely lost four or five points between the storm and chris christie giving obama a chance to be bigger than life. i know we're talking politics, but what do you think of that criticism? >> i give christie an "a." i'm a democrat and he's a republican. i think he's done an outstanding job in concert with the president...
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look, in terms of -- >> well -- against obama washington 2005 and started running for president. >> we have another star for me f >> i just want to say the hispanic members of the party, whether it's ted cruz, marco rubio, brian sandoval, susannah martinez, those folks are going to have a lot of pressure on them to reach out into their community because demographically the republican party is in a dead end. >> -- not on them. >> hold on. >> -- the big irony is there are more republican officials elected in new governors -- >> -- latinos on the party to listen to them. because they listen to them and say, please tell us how we can reach the voters. >> margaret hoover, mitt romney, what's his future look like? >> mitt romney has a life besides politics. he has a family -- >> $200 million. >> he has a lot of options. it's not like he has been a career politician and doesn't have anything else to do. >> newt gingrich? >> newt gingrich i think is going to be joining us. >> that's not his future future. that's his near future. >> that is his future. >> one point what erick said. the republic
look, in terms of -- >> well -- against obama washington 2005 and started running for president. >> we have another star for me f >> i just want to say the hispanic members of the party, whether it's ted cruz, marco rubio, brian sandoval, susannah martinez, those folks are going to have a lot of pressure on them to reach out into their community because demographically the republican party is in a dead end. >> -- not on them. >> hold on. >> -- the big irony...
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up next at attention washington that group of smart, strong competent and then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...allstate safe driving bonus check? what is that? so weird, right? my agent, tom, said... [ voice of dennis ] ...only allstate sends you a bonus check for every six months you're accident-free... ...but i'm a woman. maybe it's a misprint. does it look like a misprint? ok. what i was trying... [ voice of dennis ] silence. ♪ ♪ ask an allstate agent about the safe driving bonus check. are you in good hands? plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer up to 9 months. [ male announcer ] because enbrel®, etanercept suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders ha
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. ♪ report from washington, now, back to new york and "the five." ♪ >> r.e.m., if the end of the world is coming these people will be ready. and there's a new show, and features americans who are convinced the apocalypse is coming. >> i'm preparing my family for the total destruction. >> a devastating earthquake, a series of catastrophic terrorist attacks. >> on the doomsday scenario i'll be the only one standing there with another hundred pounds to lose. >> 241 pounds of cucumbers. >> and one for every individual in the house. >> and this is the life style we live. >> dana this is the second season of the show and that's with all that was in this nuclear age that we're in, weapons of mass destruction, and every other sentence and shows like this, isn't it about time for a show like this to emerge as a viable opportunity and a learning segment for america. >> it's a very popular show, i as hearing about it last year from a journalist, going to spend time with them and here is the thing for me, i don't have that much worry, but i appreciate that they do. i mean, they've mapped everythin
. ♪ report from washington, now, back to new york and "the five." ♪ >> r.e.m., if the end of the world is coming these people will be ready. and there's a new show, and features americans who are convinced the apocalypse is coming. >> i'm preparing my family for the total destruction. >> a devastating earthquake, a series of catastrophic terrorist attacks. >> on the doomsday scenario i'll be the only one standing there with another hundred pounds to lose....
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"washington post," well astime's" senio correspondent michael crowley. we thanks so much. well, our daily fix, what are you looking at, chris cizilla, wh are the lessons youed lookin yo come? >> well, i mean let's talk first about lessons lear andrea. i would say republicans, to blame mitt romney for this loss in some ways misses the point. if you look at the be what you see is republicans have large-scale structural issues with coalition. they mitt romney got 27f hispa barack obama got 71%f hispanic vote nationally. women made up 53% of the electorate. there was an 11-point gender gap for bara o republican - won the white vot by 20 points, but it was, he ump tooentrow, a overall electorate. it's a dangerous game they arei party knew that before this election. if they didn't before this election, they certainly know now. i would point you to a statement marco rubio, senator from a, re morning basically saying we need we haveorsee, though, how the of the republican party reacts because that is not been a message thatee to in terms of loosening up ton their focus on immigrat
"washington post," well astime's" senio correspondent michael crowley. we thanks so much. well, our daily fix, what are you looking at, chris cizilla, wh are the lessons youed lookin yo come? >> well, i mean let's talk first about lessons lear andrea. i would say republicans, to blame mitt romney for this loss in some ways misses the point. if you look at the be what you see is republicans have large-scale structural issues with coalition. they mitt romney got 27f hispa...
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the question that people in washington ask is, will he reach out more? it's become almost this perennial lament. you can hear it on any street corner in washington. will the president be warmer? will he invite people in? will he spend more casual time with members of congress to start to defrost the ice. >> i mean, my assumption, mark, maybe this is me just, i don't know, spitballing, but he does some -- there is some gesture in the immediate weeks following his re-election, that he does -- not necessarily the grand bargain, but that there is a concerted outreach to republican leadership given how much he was beating the drum of a united states of america, that he knows how much the gridlock is not serving anybody well. >> he has a legacy of how he conducted himself with limited outreach to republicans and democrats. you could say have the baners and mcdonnells up to camp david one weekend soon. it's going to take more sustained contact than just a few symbolic things. and it's not something he's been willing to do up to now and not clear that he's -- he
the question that people in washington ask is, will he reach out more? it's become almost this perennial lament. you can hear it on any street corner in washington. will the president be warmer? will he invite people in? will he spend more casual time with members of congress to start to defrost the ice. >> i mean, my assumption, mark, maybe this is me just, i don't know, spitballing, but he does some -- there is some gesture in the immediate weeks following his re-election, that he does...
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raising the classic washington question, who knew what and when? one member of congress appears to have known about the petraeus affair before the election. house imagimajority leader eric cantor releasing a statement saying i was contacted by an fbi employee, concerned that sensitive classified information may have been compromised. allegations and the potential risk to our national security. ab, so one republican leader knew before the election. what does that mean? >> i don't know that it means a lot. i have a feeling that in light of the fact that the election is over, and particularly that romney has not been elected, the republicans are going to continue their investigation into the benghazi tragedy. with gusto and they're not going to let up, no matter what. it's a terrible story for the administration. whether or not we learn that something happened in the petraeus affair and he was compromised, and he did share classified information with ms. broadwell and shy disseminated it to other people or something. that would be different. it would
raising the classic washington question, who knew what and when? one member of congress appears to have known about the petraeus affair before the election. house imagimajority leader eric cantor releasing a statement saying i was contacted by an fbi employee, concerned that sensitive classified information may have been compromised. allegations and the potential risk to our national security. ab, so one republican leader knew before the election. what does that mean? >> i don't know that...
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the "washington post" writes today, ann would come to me and said eric, what are we going to do about this? said eric fehrnstrom. another romney adviser said the group think today is if we were to go back and change one thing, we would spend more money and more strongly defend mitt, push back on the rich guy, the tax rate issue, the bain capital issue. of course, pushing back against the image of mitt romney is a rich guy who paid an extraordinarily low income tax rate and was a bain capital profiteer and based on layoffs and outsourcing would be pushing back against the truth. bill o'reilly said the win went to the smartest team. >> if mitt romney had a guy as smart as david axelrod, the governor would be celebrating tonight. >> as of this hour, president obama has won 303 electoral college votes, and mitt romney has wovn 206. the only state has yet to call is florida. where president obama leads. he has won the popular vote. the 113th congress will be composed of a democratic majority in the senate with 53 democrats, a two seat increase, as well as 45 republicans and two independent
the "washington post" writes today, ann would come to me and said eric, what are we going to do about this? said eric fehrnstrom. another romney adviser said the group think today is if we were to go back and change one thing, we would spend more money and more strongly defend mitt, push back on the rich guy, the tax rate issue, the bain capital issue. of course, pushing back against the image of mitt romney is a rich guy who paid an extraordinarily low income tax rate and was a bain...
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he's the courage and tenacity to stand up to washington's reckless spending. he's the type of special that we need to restore fiscal discipline and champion job creation. if you ask me, america can expect great things from this man in the years to come. ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm iowa welcome to senator marco rubio. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. so this thing beeps like that, i don't know what that means. cut it off, right? i'm really honored to be here. thanks for having me and governor for inviting me. i'm still new enough to be amazed that people so far from florida even care what i have to say. i'm glad to be back in this part of the country. you may not know this but i was here in this part of the country earlier in my life in 1989 and 90 i came to a small school. they're not around. it's not my fault but they're not. okay. maybe someone is not happy that college is not around but people ask me why did you go there? what brought you to northwest missouri. it was the only school in america that would allo
he's the courage and tenacity to stand up to washington's reckless spending. he's the type of special that we need to restore fiscal discipline and champion job creation. if you ask me, america can expect great things from this man in the years to come. ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm iowa welcome to senator marco rubio. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. so this thing beeps like that, i don't know what that means. cut it off, right? i'm really...
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. >> in washington, the big story today. they came, they saw, they shopped. tonight on special report black friday in america. stores all over the country opened early this morning or late last night to accommodate holiday shoppers. retailers typically make up 40% of annual revenue. and the nation's top retailer says it's the best black friday ever despite worker protests. and wal-mart workers picketed outside of some locations and we'll have a live report from wal-mart in maryland. more political turmoil in egypt. and took to the streets of cairo to protest mohammed morsi to give themself new powers and a look there and at the white house. a troop the incident at the gaza border and involves gunfire and one death. a special report from washington, now, back to new york and "the five." ♪ >> r.e.m., if the end of the world is coming these people will be ready. and there's a new show, and features americans who are convinced the apocalypse is coming. >> i'm preparing my family for the total destruction. >> a devastating earthquake, a series of catastrophic te
. >> in washington, the big story today. they came, they saw, they shopped. tonight on special report black friday in america. stores all over the country opened early this morning or late last night to accommodate holiday shoppers. retailers typically make up 40% of annual revenue. and the nation's top retailer says it's the best black friday ever despite worker protests. and wal-mart workers picketed outside of some locations and we'll have a live report from wal-mart in maryland. more...
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david walker was a guest on washington journal -- "washington journal" for 45 minutes. 2008, the chief auditor of thehe is now the founder and ceo of come back america initiative. you have been watching this process a longtime. how would you describe fiscal conditions in the country right now? >> poor and deteriorated. be referred about the fiscal cliff, which is supposed to happen at the end of this year. we need to avoid the fiscal cliff. we need to recognize that is a symptom and not the disease. the disease is a large and growing federal deficit that lies ahead. we have to avoid the fiscal cliff and build a bridge to avoid the fiscal abyss. host: what is your level of confidence the fiscal cliff can be avoided? guest: i'm cautiously optimistic. last week was rather disappointing. i think both sides really do want to avoid it. we need to recognize you cannot do a grand bargain in a lame- duck session. we ought to do something to demonstrate that we are serious about fixing these structural problems. we need to separate the wheat from the shaft between what should be extended and wha
david walker was a guest on washington journal -- "washington journal" for 45 minutes. 2008, the chief auditor of thehe is now the founder and ceo of come back america initiative. you have been watching this process a longtime. how would you describe fiscal conditions in the country right now? >> poor and deteriorated. be referred about the fiscal cliff, which is supposed to happen at the end of this year. we need to avoid the fiscal cliff. we need to recognize that is a symptom...
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essentially in washington doing nothing is the output, is the kind of logical end of not degreing on anything. if nothing is done tax rates go up primarily on the wealthy and that's not something that the republicans want to see. john boehner is signaling what he wants is to get an agreement that all the spending and all of the bush tax cuts will simply continue on after january 1st. >> eliot: i hate to sound like a broken record, but i completely agree with you. the president gains strength by waiting. i've written this. you've written this. the bush tax cuts expire of their own accord and the president is sitting there with a tax increase on the middle class but then he turns to the republicans and says lower tax taxes, and how can they vote against that. there were twin scourges that were predictedded by the deficit hawks. one, we would have rampant inflation if we had continued deficit spending, and the other that interest rates would necessarily skyrocket. neither has happened. >> quite the opposite. the yield on a ten-year treasury is below 2%. the dollar is basically a safe ha
essentially in washington doing nothing is the output, is the kind of logical end of not degreing on anything. if nothing is done tax rates go up primarily on the wealthy and that's not something that the republicans want to see. john boehner is signaling what he wants is to get an agreement that all the spending and all of the bush tax cuts will simply continue on after january 1st. >> eliot: i hate to sound like a broken record, but i completely agree with you. the president gains...
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he has been begged to come on to the national news show and he remains the hardest get in washington. but senator franken is always available to local minnesota media and he will surely pick up more editorial endorsements in minnesota for his first campaign and is also highly respected by his colleagues on both sides of the aisle because he does not fight for his place for the national media spotlight. he is known for a hard-working committee member. that is right. the only stand-up comedian is regarded as a serious man of the senate and minnesota voters now know that al franken did not did that so that he could get on tv more. and i have no doubt that they are going to reward him for that. when he runs for re-election. al franken was laboring under a rare burden when he became a freshman senator. he was more famous than almost every senator there. imagine how much better he was able to get along with his colleagues when they realized he was never going to take their seat on "meet the press" or any show they wanted to be on. by the time i privately advised senator franken, the special
he has been begged to come on to the national news show and he remains the hardest get in washington. but senator franken is always available to local minnesota media and he will surely pick up more editorial endorsements in minnesota for his first campaign and is also highly respected by his colleagues on both sides of the aisle because he does not fight for his place for the national media spotlight. he is known for a hard-working committee member. that is right. the only stand-up comedian is...
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from washington, this is 35 minutes. >> it if you wanted to study predicate to see how this is a change in american politics, you could not have done a better than last night which i think we will look back at a political but also social and cultural milestone when they look in the mirror and says we are a different place than we used to be. we have a terrific panel. we will look at the implications of this, the two parties, for our economy, and for the society, but i want to start with three numbers that seemed to encapsulate the elections. 80, 39, 28. barack obama 180% of the combined the the minority voters, which -- barack obama won 80% of the combined minority voters. mitt romney, in losing, have the best showing among white male voters. will delve into this from every possible angle, but let me start with you, dan. let's talk about your thoughts about the implications of these results, both for the republican and minority voters, but also as an incumbent democrat president struggled and cannot in the and get to 40 percent support among the white voters. >> i appreciate starting th
from washington, this is 35 minutes. >> it if you wanted to study predicate to see how this is a change in american politics, you could not have done a better than last night which i think we will look back at a political but also social and cultural milestone when they look in the mirror and says we are a different place than we used to be. we have a terrific panel. we will look at the implications of this, the two parties, for our economy, and for the society, but i want to start with...
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voters approved referendum legalizing pot in washington and colorado. it's still against the law at the federal level, and the federal drug enforcement agency isn't happy. joining me now, jonna spilbor, former prosecutor now defense attorney. and arthur aidala. they will explain whether it's okay to toke up in these two states. you have got to love the governor of colorado. it is still illegal under federal law. so you tell me how they can toke up in colorado and washington state. >> you are familiar with a lot of these terms. i'll leave that alone. it should be known the governor was against this. the electorate came out 5% for it. in a state where marijuana use among children is going down and they are on this plight to be the healthiest state in the nation. let's talk about the federal prosecuting people who have one ounce of marijuana. it doesn't happen. anybody knows that the fed, the fbi, they are not doing street busts, corner bursts. this would have to go into effect by the distributors. so what's going to happen is they will try to set up distr
voters approved referendum legalizing pot in washington and colorado. it's still against the law at the federal level, and the federal drug enforcement agency isn't happy. joining me now, jonna spilbor, former prosecutor now defense attorney. and arthur aidala. they will explain whether it's okay to toke up in these two states. you have got to love the governor of colorado. it is still illegal under federal law. so you tell me how they can toke up in colorado and washington state. >> you...
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washington state again with the votes to be counted. >> maryland. >> again tipping point moments where you have some of these--you could argue republicans be--we had a great 40 year run by using some of these social issues to divide our country right? well, first look at those 40 years the democrats carried about half of the elections. what i do know it set the republican partying to the way of the republican party of california, which is the party of nothing, it's the party of nada and it's an inherent issue that they have a problem on. given the religious conservatives have a certain view on this, and yet it will be inherently problematic even rudy giuliani, who was on television last night. i don't get them. i don't get the republicans. we don't want the state to decides except when it comes to gay marriage but then the state should not decide. we don't want people in our bedroom but on issues like this. >> gavin: and rudy giuliani is one of the principle supporters of sanctuary status of immigration. we'll come back and look at what a second term of obama looks like. >> (grunting)
washington state again with the votes to be counted. >> maryland. >> again tipping point moments where you have some of these--you could argue republicans be--we had a great 40 year run by using some of these social issues to divide our country right? well, first look at those 40 years the democrats carried about half of the elections. what i do know it set the republican partying to the way of the republican party of california, which is the party of nothing, it's the party of nada...
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that argument remained unsettled in washington today. that is to my tank, the doubt that you're picking upon in your question. >> i will make several comments, and on a different question. on working backwards to my you know, i looked at it this way. first, the fact is, when you look at globally castries the united states has said the capability and even in this time , but secondly, it is the united states that has taken responsibility and stepped forward. i cannot point to of another country that has been willing to take that responsibility. having said that, david refers to how we are modifying some of our approaches in dealing with that responsibility in a more cost-effective ways, but also having said that, i would argue that i think there is going to be a big debate over this issue because there are many different ways of advancing the strategic interests. let me, with that, to the first question, the diplomacy development and defense, i think many of you may know and certainly our members of congress here would get the question fro
that argument remained unsettled in washington today. that is to my tank, the doubt that you're picking upon in your question. >> i will make several comments, and on a different question. on working backwards to my you know, i looked at it this way. first, the fact is, when you look at globally castries the united states has said the capability and even in this time , but secondly, it is the united states that has taken responsibility and stepped forward. i cannot point to of another...